A Guide to the Juan José de Andrade Items

The Juan José de Andrade Items,
1836, 1936, consists of handwritten and typewritten English translations from 1936
of Documentos Que el General Andrade Publica Sobre la
Evacuacion de la Ciudad de San Antonio de Bejar, del Departamento de Tejas a sus
Compatriotas, 1836. The letters and reports discuss why Andrade
evacuated San Antonio de Béxar and counter charges from the Mexican government
and Mexican Army commander José de Urrea that Andrade was ordered to stay in
place.

Juan José de Andrade served as a brigadier in the Mexican Army during the Texas
Revolution. In March 1836, General Antonio López de Santa Anna left Andrade in
charge of San Antonio de Béxar. When Vicente Filisola took command of the
Mexican Army, he ordered Andrade to evacuate the city in April 1836. After the
evacuation, the Mexican government and José de Urrea, Filisola’s successor in
the Mexican Army who had opposed the retreat, questioned Andrade about the
evacuation, which prompted Andrade to publish several letters and reports to prove
he was ordered to retreat and not to stay, as Urrea believed. These items were
published as Documentos Que el General Andrade Publica Sobre
la Evacuacion de la Ciudad de San Antonio de Bejar, del Departamento de Tejas a
sus Compatriotas, translated as Documents
Published by Juan Jose de Andrade about the Evacuation of San Antonio de
Bejar and printed in 1836.

The Juan José de Andrade Items, 1836, 1936, consists of handwritten and
typewritten English translations from 1936 of Documentos Que
el General Andrade Publica Sobre la Evacuacion de la Ciudad de San Antonio de
Bejar, del Departamento de Tejas a sus Compatriotas, 1836. The letters
and reports discuss why Andrade evacuated San Antonio de Béxar and counter
charges from the Mexican government and Mexican Army commander José de Urrea
that Andrade was ordered to stay in place.

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.